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Summary:

Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, nurse and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. She also talks about the House speakership race, committee appointments, public school financing, constitutional revision, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.

Table of Contents:

• Leaves [1]-40: September 10, 1975 interview
• leaves [41]-71: December 1, 1975 interview.

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934-

Contributors:

Marcello, Ronald E.

Texas Political History Oral History Project

African American History Oral History Project

North Texas State University > Oral History Collection

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, 1975 September 10 and December 1 [by Johnson, E.B.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 320

Subjects:

Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934- — Oral history

Texas Legislature — House of Representatives — Oral history

Legislation — Texas — Oral history

Legislators — Texas — Oral history

Women legislators — Texas — Oral history

Women — Oral history

African American women legislators — Texas — Oral history

Women politicians — Texas — Oral history

Women in politics — Texas — Oral history

African Americans — Oral history

Texas — Politics and government — 1951- — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

Political oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1975 for the Texas Political History Oral History Project and the African American History Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, North Texas State University.

Physical Description:

71 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 320

OCLC Numbers:

152565772